Mood Swings (Harem Scarem album)

Mood Swings is a 1993 album by the Canadian hard rock band Harem Scarem. A music video was shot for the song "No Justice". The album charted at No. 85 on the Canadian charts.

Mood Swings
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 11, 1993[1]
Recorded1993
StudioCabin Fever Studios[1]
GenreGlam metal
AOR
Length44:13[1]
LabelWEA
ProducerKevin Doyle, Harry Hess and Pete Lesperance
Harem Scarem chronology
Acoustic Sessions
(1991)
Mood Swings
(1993)
Live and Acoustic
(1994)
Singles from Mood Swings
  1. "No Justice"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Change Comes Around"
    Released: 1993
  3. "If There Was a Time"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In December 2012, it was announced that a reunited Harem Scarem would headline the 10th Firefest festival in Nottingham, UK in October 2013. Harry Hess had been approached by Firefest's promotor to perform the Mood Swings album in its entirety for its twentieth year anniversary. Following that appearance, Harem Scarem re-recorded the Mood Swings album, adding three newly written 'in-keeping' tracks to Mood Swings II, 'World Gone To Piece's, 'Anarchy' and 'A Brighter Day'.

In 2023, and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mood Swings the band announced they would be releasing an anniversary edition of the album as Mood Swings Bundle - Limited Edition. The package included a 180-gram purple LP, a CD with five bonus acoustic tracks, and numerous other items of physical and digital memorabilia and similar. Retail price was $89.95.

Track listing (original release)

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All tracks are written by Harry Hess and Pete Lesperance, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Saviors Never Cry"4:03
2."No Justice"4:39
3."Stranger Than Love"3:59
4."Change Comes Around"5:02
5."Jealousy"4:10
6."Sentimental BLVD." (Hess)4:24
7."Mandy" (Lesperance)1:55
8."Empty Promises"4:19
9."If There Was a Time"4:58
10."Just Like I Planned" (Hess)3:18
11."Had Enough"3:56

Charts

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Album

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Year Chart Position
1993 Canada 85

Singles

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Year Single Chart Position
1993 "No Justice" Canada 59
1993 "Change Comes Around" Canada
1994 "If There Was a Time" Canada

Personnel

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Band members
  • Harry Hess – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer, engineer.
  • Pete Lesperance – lead guitar, backing vocals, producer.
  • Mike Gionet – bass, backing vocals.
  • Darren Smith (musician)|Darren Smith – drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on Track 6
Additional musicians
  • Rob Cooper – B3 Organ
Production
  • Kevin Doyle (recording engineer)|Kevin Doyle – producer, engineer.
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering.
  • Andrew MacNaughtan – photography.
  • Package design by Stanford Communications.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Harem Scarem | Discography – Mood Swings
  2. ^ "Harem Scarem Mood Swings review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2013-06-04.